Bernie the Maestro won the third race Friday at Saratoga Race Course, a starter optional claimer with a $70,000 purse over seven dirt furlongs, but the race pitting several old veterans against each other will be more remembered for the breakdown and subsequent euthanization of Saginaw. The 7-year-old New York-bred gelding entered on a five-race winning streak and was 15-1-1 in his last 18 races. Most recently, he won the $100,000 John Morrissey here on ...

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